Common Name: Greek tortoise, spur-thighed tortoise. Scientific Name: Testudo graeca. Adult Size: Up to 10 inches long. Life Expectancy: 50 years or more. Greek Tortoise Behavior and Temperament.

Each tortoise can occupy two or three burrows, which rival human homes in protecting them from heat, fire, hurricanes and flooding. They instinctively know to dig just above the water table.

Myrtle, the tortoise that was displaced from its home in Mississippi during a deadly tornado outbreak in March, has finally been reunited with its family weeks later.